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arduousness

ar·du·ous
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ahr-joo-uh s or, esp. British, ahr-dyoo-]
    • /ˈɑr dʒu əs or, esp. British, ˈɑr dyu-/
    • /ˈɑː.djuə.snəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ahr-joo-uh s or, esp. British, ahr-dyoo-]
    • /ˈɑr dʒu əs or, esp. British, ˈɑr dyu-/

Definitions of arduousness word

  • adjective arduousness requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking. 1
  • adjective arduousness requiring or using much energy and vigor; strenuous: making an arduous effort. 1
  • adjective arduousness hard to climb; steep: an arduous path up the hill. 1
  • adjective arduousness hard to endure; full of hardships; severe: an arduous winter. 1
  • noun arduousness The state of being arduous. 1

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Origin of arduousness

First appearance:

before 1530
One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; < Latin arduus erect, steep, laborious; see -ous

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Parts of speech for Arduousness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

arduousness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for arduousness

noun arduousness

  • predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
  • complication — A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.
  • dilemma — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
  • hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
  • hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.

Antonyms for arduousness

noun arduousness

  • advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
  • assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • happiness — the quality or state of being happy.

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